tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post5161064116650332942..comments2019-09-14T08:24:01.348-07:00Comments on Writing About Writing (And Occasionally Some Writing): A Fish a Rat and Prescriptivist Walk Into a Bar...(Why I Hate Linguistic Prescriptivism)Chris Brecheenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-63264983743249231532019-03-15T03:43:51.177-07:002019-03-15T03:43:51.177-07:00Your statement about people who study linguistics ...Your statement about people who study linguistics becoming less perscriptivist is pretty much classic Dunning Kruger.Matt Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05827347419099892101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-78525583378831356492019-03-14T20:44:49.701-07:002019-03-14T20:44:49.701-07:00So, I&#39;m a descriptivist pedant?
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Or is that ...So, I&#39;m a descriptivist pedant? <br />.<br />Or is that descriptive pedant? Why is this making me uncomfortable? (I don&#39;t disagree with you.) You make me think too much sometimes...much words. Big meanings. <br />Thnx MxBrecheen 😁Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10732265276928247443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-13836503779466843862018-03-31T11:54:41.881-07:002018-03-31T11:54:41.881-07:00Love, love, love this! It still annoys me when peo...Love, love, love this! It still annoys me when people don’t use the Oxford comma, but I’ll continue to keep that preference quietly to myself. ��Debbie Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06414102885732865172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-86099217979913291212017-06-14T08:08:15.854-07:002017-06-14T08:08:15.854-07:00It&#39;s spelled frenemies!It&#39;s spelled frenemies!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626596623007860802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-67749007199229952682017-01-26T06:30:39.332-08:002017-01-26T06:30:39.332-08:00I enjoyed the article very much, but it was a litt...I enjoyed the article very much, but it was a little lengthy and reptile so could have used an edit. <br /><br />Does auto text count? REPETITIVE Shuckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092764038590348776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-14817016958310128952013-12-19T09:37:41.272-08:002013-12-19T09:37:41.272-08:00You can still correct. Just be loving! :-pYou can still correct. Just be loving! :-pChris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-36855616296555651172013-12-19T09:35:40.445-08:002013-12-19T09:35:40.445-08:00Come on Chris: your, you&#39;re, there, their, the...Come on Chris: your, you&#39;re, there, their, they&#39;re!?!?!? That&#39;s all I ask. You&#39;ve ruined me. I can&#39;t in good conscience correct anymore. Thank you, that is all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-39612566695011359682013-04-14T21:46:14.029-07:002013-04-14T21:46:14.029-07:00I think.....I think you just nailed it. Thanks fo...I think.....I think you just nailed it. Thanks for putting something I couldn&#39;t put my finger on into words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-20066028093400854852013-04-06T19:17:25.795-07:002013-04-06T19:17:25.795-07:00He&#39;s a good guy--and crazy smart. Although, h...He&#39;s a good guy--and crazy smart. Although, he did one tell me that he&#39;d have a push up contest with a Marine for a flaming bag of shit, just to say he&#39;d won it, so maybe you&#39;re not completely wrong.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-42578634967380568552013-04-06T17:34:57.622-07:002013-04-06T17:34:57.622-07:00I think your friend&#39;s stretching the metaphor ...I think your friend&#39;s stretching the metaphor past where your analogy was meant to illustrate in order to &quot;win&quot; rather than understand--a typical problem among philosophy majors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-24710546686206587512012-10-21T12:03:41.309-07:002012-10-21T12:03:41.309-07:00That&#39;s really not what this article says, and ...That&#39;s really not what this article says, and I can&#39;t think of a single linguist or descriptive grammarian who would say anything so absurd.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-33498506957160982032012-10-21T12:01:26.401-07:002012-10-21T12:01:26.401-07:00So we should all just write whatever the hell we w...So we should all just write whatever the hell we want, and that&#39;s okay?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com